Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Books Spotlight: Underground Toy Society collection and more

 Fun series, very entertaining

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Jessica D. Adams writes children's books about The Underground Toy Society that aim to teach children to love and appreciate what they have, think of others, and hopefully clean their rooms. Jessica's two daughters are the inspiration for the books, as well as co-illustrators for many of the books. Jessica also wrote a short time travel chapter book, Meeting Grandmom, which is a great story for kids as well as adults to remember or talk about lost loved ones and family history.


Jessica has visions of The Underground Toy Society traveling around the world, with many books being created to help teach children to clean their rooms, appreciate what they have and think of those who may not have as much. While the goals of the books are to help kids want to clean their rooms, appreciate what they have, and think of others, there are no guarantees that kids will learn these lessons. These books are for entertainment purposes and individual results may vary.
 








The Underground Toy Society

What happens to toys when children don't play with them? Where do toys go when their children grow up? What happens when there are too many toys in one house? Find out when Samantha goes on an exciting underground adventure as she tries to find her best friend after they were separated.
 

My Review: 

The Underground Toy Society
This book starts out with a dedication page then the story.
Story starts out with Jessica nd Jennifer love their toys and have dolls they treasure, Samantha and Stacey. After the girls grow up they are given away, then in their new homes placed on a shelf and the dolls are separated...
Colorful sketches throughout this book of scenes being described.
What happens after that involves tunnels underground and you wonder if the dolls will ever reunite or find real loving families.
Lot of action and adventure and imagination.
Book ends with about the author, listing of her works and how to contact her.










The Underground Toy Society Helps Beary Bear

 Janelle's favorite toy was Beary Bear. Janelle took Beary everywhere. During a family road trip, Janelle was too tired to hold onto Beary, and she dropped him. Beary was scared, and Janelle had a hard time at home without her favorite toy. Will Janelle and Beary be reunited? Find out as Murry Mole digs new tunnels underground to help The Underground Toy Society find Beary.


MY REVIEW:

The Underground Toy Society Helps Beary Bear
This book starts with acknowledgments and then the synopsis and then the story begins.
Janelle loves her Beary Bear so much they go with you all the time. Family takes a road trip and she falls asleep
Colorful sketches of what's going on in the story. Her other toys were concerned when the Bear did not come back and notify the underground toy society to help find the Bear.
Murry Mole is always helpful. He is able to locate the bear after he dug a new tunnel.  Murry and his helpers get busy with a plan...They are able to question Bear after cleaning them up.
With good news come some more bad news. Samantha the boss states you just can't put Beary back into the house. They have to come up with another good plan...
They are all amazed at the outcome, whew. Morale of the story is to keep your room clean and that way you won't misplace your favorite toy.
Other works of the author are listed at the end along with About The Author.
Other ways to contact the author are linkable.
Another fun exciting read from this author.
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The Underground Toy Society Saves Peggy 

Peggy remembers a time when she was the only baby doll in the house. Janice loved Peggy so much, but as all little girls do, Janice grew up. Peggy was passed down to Janice's two daughters, Jessica and Jennifer. Peggy had to learn to share her time with other toys.
After the two girls grew up, and Janice passed away, Peggy was forgotten. What will happen to Peggy? How will she ever find children to love her again?

MY REVIEW: 
The Underground Toy Society Saves Peggy
This book starts out with acknowledgements and dedication page.
Story starts out with Janice when she was given a baby doll for Christmas one year.
Real life photos of the scenes from when they occurred years ago are also included..  Time spent with the doll and other relatives and the things they enjoyed doing with their dolls.
Lots of imagination. She also used Peggy as a pupil and taught her a lot of new things that she herself had learned in school. 
Peggy was soon put in the cradle for long times because of other interests Janice had, then into a box....
Peggy hopes that Janice's daughters Jessica and Jennifer will take care of her.  The girls have so many toys and will play with Peggy but not as often as Janice had...
As the girls get older and leave all the toys are put into boxes...Other toys of theirs had found each other again: Stacey and Samantha. Peggy just wanted some one to love her.
Murry Mole helps them all locate the house and the bag of toys.... you wonder who Peggy will end up with...
Other works by the author are listed at the end,, about the author and her mother who inspired this book.
Other ways to contact the author are listed.











The Underground Toy Society Helps Ellie Elephant

Janiece loves to go camping with her family. She always brings along her favorite stuffed toy, Ellie Elephant. During one camping trip, Ellie was forgotten at the playground on a swing. Being far away from home, Ellie tries to locate The Underground Toy Society for help. Will Ellie be able to reunite with Janiece before bedtime?





MY REVIEW: 

The Underground Toy Society Helps Ellie Elephant
Book starts with acknowledgements and then the story.
The girls Janiece and Janelle are heading to go camping with the family.
They travel far away and get to enjoy their toys that they brought along.
Problem comes with they are ready to leave and the girls stop to swing one last time
Janiece had forgotten Ellie on the swing. She is so tired on the way home she doesn't realize the elephant has been left behind.
Story switches then to Ellie and what she goes through to try to catch up with them before they leave...
Great that she meets up with  a chipmunk who does not know of the toy society but he knows of a mole that might be able to help out.
Mindy Mole knows about the toy society and offers their help....they locate Tammy the Train and with her help amazing things happen.
They run into problems with NO batteries for the train but Bluebell is nearby to help them. Everybody is so helpful!
Colorful sketches are included. Other plans to help them not raise suspicion as to how Ellie made it back as they don't know she's missing yet.
Ellie just wants to be in Janiece's bed  that night..
Book ends with about the author, listing of her works and how to contact her.







The Underground Toy Society and the Annual Toy Drive 

The Underground Toy Society helps toys find new homes. Sometimes finding new homes is not easy. When Murry Mole takes a wrong turn and digs a tunnel to a toy store, they thought the toy bin would help toys find homes easier and faster. However, only new toys were allowed in the toy bin. How will forgotten toys find a home in time for Christmas?


MY REVIEW: 
Annual Toy Drive: The Underground Toy Society by Jessica D. Adams
This colorful children's book starts with acknowledgements and then the story.
It's near holiday season and the toy store manager has placed the new toy bin where others can buy a new toy for those who are in need.
The underground Toy Society had been trying to find children that were in need on their own to no avail. Children either had too many toys or there were no children in the house they had found.
They came up one night to the toy store and Murry Mole and his toy friends are able to talk to  Billy Bear who's in the toy store with his new toys.
They get to talking and come up with a plan that will help the children. Love the pictures along the way as they help tell the story.
I remember my kids growing up and donating their good used toys to those in need.  Know they brought their kids up to do the same.
Favorite scene is old toys getting a bath with bubbles so they can get clean and put into a new box and added to bin. There were many obstacles but with them all working together they solved them all.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end. About the author and how to contact her is also listed.








Meeting Grandmom 

Jessica's two daughters, Janiece and Janelle, never met their grandmother. She had passed away when their mother and Aunt Jenny were just teenagers. Could Jessica's old toys from the past take Janiece and Janelle back in time to meet their grandmother?


MY REVIEW: 

Meeting Grandmom 
This book starts out with acknowledgements, dedication page then table of contents where chapters are listed.
Story starts out with Janelle and Janiece and they get permission to play with their mother's old toys.
When a loud crash outside occurs due to bad weather the girls get scared and bump heads and their toy car crash.
When they wake up they figure out where they are, their mothers old bedroom when she was a little girl. They go to try to find grandad...
Love what happens next as they realize they went back in time to when the grandparents were a lot younger. and they get to spend time with them and od things that most of us get to experience first hand.










The Underground Toy Society's Song Book 

What is The Underground Toy Society?
The Underground Toy Society shares their theme song, oath, and poem in a short introduction of who they are and how they help toys, kids, and parents.


MY REVIEW:

The Underground Toy Society's Song Book (Paperback)
by Jessica D. Adams 
This books starts out with acknowledgments and dedication page.
Songs are also sung via youtube channel.
Each little song also shows a color picture of things that are talked about in the song verses.
Rhyming children's colorful book.  Has an oath with 4 guidelines, so cool!
Toy society also has its own  rhyming peom with colorful pictures.
Also verses about others in the books that help them along the way.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end, about the author, contact sheet are included.








The Underground Toy Society Halloween Scare 

The Underground Toy Society decided to go out on Halloween night to help lost, lonely, and forgotten toys. They ended up falling into a hole that did not belong to their friend Murry Mole, who helps them dig tunnels underground so they won't be seen by people. Will Murry Mole rescue the toys before they find out what is making a mysterious hissing sound?

MY REVIEW:

The Underground Toy Society Halloween Scare 
The Underground Toy Society decided to go out on Halloween night to help lost, lonely, and forgotten toys. They ended up falling into a hole that did not belong to their friend Murry Mole, who helps them dig tunnels underground so they won't be seen by people. Will Murry Mole rescue the toys before they find out what is making a mysterious hissing sound? 
This book starts out with acknowledgements and dedication page then the story.
It's Halloween and animals decide to go around the neighborhood and try to find toys that are not wanted anymore so they can given to others.
They all gather together, with no flashlight and fall down a hole. It's not Murry Moles' tunnel. They do see big yellow circles coming at them and get scared.
The toy snake assures them he's not scary and they follow him to Murry's where he knows of others who would love a snake as practical jokesters.
Problem is the mother opens the sack the snake is in. LOL 
Really good deed in the long run.
Ends with about the author, other works and how to contact her.







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